I am using EasyBoot to make my multiboot CD/DVD and I here I discuss some various method to integrate Disk Director and True Image as part of my project. I will focus on three methods: easiest, regular and cleanest.

Easiest - the fastest way to get it working (with Acronis Selection Menu)Regular - a standard (obsolete?) way (with Acronis Selection Menu)Cleanest - a way to launch from your menu (without Acronis Menu)

To get the files requires with this tutorial, you'll need to use the Acronis Media Builder which is part of the program installation (unless you deselected it). We'll use it to build our ISO files or Floppy disk Images. Launch the media builder from your acronis folder or use the "Create Bootable Rescue Media" in the "Tools" menu of your favorite Acronis program.

A - Use the Acronis Media Builder and choose the products you want and save it as an ISO file (name with 8 or less caracter). Copy to your ezboot folderB - Make sure the bcdw.bin file is present in your ezboot folderC - In your EasyBoot menu, use the following command to launch the ISO:

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bcdw /ezboot/acronis.iso

Now you can compile your project and test with free virtualization product like VMware Server (recommended) or MS Virtual PC. This will allow you to test and make sure it is working properly before burning to a real CD and using it on various computer.

RegularAdvantages + no dependency on BCDW + method used for a long time + relatively easy to keep up to dateDisavantages - requires UltraISO - method which requires the most disk spaceRequirement 1 - Latest version of EasyBoot which include the BCDW module 2 - Latest version of UltraISO

StepsA - Use the Acronis Media Builder and choose the products you want and save it as an ISO file (name with 8 or less caracter). Copy to your ezboot folderB - Open your ISO file with UltraISO and select "Save Boot File..." from the "Bootable" menu. You will be prompted for the location to save this BIF file so select your ezboot folder.C - Still using UltraISO, select the CD-ROM icon in the left pane (upper left corner) and press F4 (or right click folder and select "Extract To...") and you will be prompted for a location to extract the visible files and folders in the ISO (if any, like the Recovery Manager folder). Theses files or folders must be at the root of your CD (usualy Disk1) not inside the ezboot floder.D - In your EasyBoot menu, use the following command to launch the ISO:

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bootinfotable;run acronis.bif

Now you can compile your project and test with free virtualization product like VMware Server (recommended) or MS Virtual PC. This will allow you to test and make sure it is working properly before burning to a real CD and using it on various computer.

StepsA - Use the Acronis Media Builder and choose only 1 product you want and insert your first empty floppy (or use a virtual floppy drive). Let the media builder finish the first diskette and copy the files from the floppy drive to a temporary folder named SOURCE. The thing you will notice is that Windows still have those files in memory so there is no actual reading of the floppy!B - Do the same for the rest of the floppy required for your Acronis product.C - Use EasyBoot to create a floppy image of the FIRST diskette (under "Tools" select "Make Floppy Image...")D - Use EasyBoot to create a floppy image to the size required by the number of diskettes and use the floppy image you created at step D as the SEED image (under "Tools" select "Create New Floppy Image...").E - Open this new oversized floppy image (empty) with WinImageF - use the INJECT option and add all the files from the SOURCE folderG - savethat's it! No more tampering with diskettes.H - In your EasyBoot menu, use the following command to launch the ISO:

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run acronis.img

Now you can compile your project and test with free virtualization product like VMware Server (recommended) or MS Virtual PC. This will allow you to test and make sure it is working properly before burning to a real CD and using it on various computer.

Acronis use a very very very speciall boot sector. ( After 2 working days ( for me, each working day is about 14 hours!), I mean it). I tried every thing that you can imagin. injectin boot sectors, repairing TOC, simulating hard, using none standard floppy images, decompress faking files, compairing boot sectors in diffrent devices, compairing boot sectors with bootwiz.sys and so on... but the result was always the same. I think your cleanest way may not work on newest version ( disk director 10 ). but bcdw worked just fine. wow, I can't believe it. after 2 days I found the Solution in this topic. Thank you for your describtion and of course thanks Alex Kopylov for his perfect simulator.

I don’t know what you used for menu commando in EasyBoot – and you didn’t tell what file you launched is it a large floppy image or is it ISO-file and if ISO file which one

Anyway here is a “standard procedure” to integrate Acronis latest possibilities (creating rescue ISO-files)Do it this way:1. Create “rescue ISO-file” using Acronis “Bootable Rescue Media Builder” (you have this option in Acronis)2. Put created ISO in folder ezboot3. Use menu command in EasyBoot: bcdw /ezboot/restore.isoNote: you may need to adjust file name “restore.iso “ to the one you get when creating ISO file

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Anyway here is a “standard procedure” to integrate Acronis latest possibilities (creating rescue ISO-files)Do it this way:1. Create “rescue ISO-file” using Acronis “Bootable Rescue Media Builder” (you have this option in Acronis)2. Put created ISO in folder ezboot3. Use menu command in EasyBoot: bcdw /ezboot/restore.isoNote: you may need to adjust file name “restore.iso “ to the one you get when creating ISO file